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India set for wetter September; IMD warns of flash floods, landslides
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Sunday that the monthly average rainfall in September is expected to be more than 109 per cent of...
Chennai gets its own Urban Disaster Management Authority to handle...
26 May 2025 9:41 PM ISTThe state revenue department has issued orders to constitute a city-specific authority comprising seven members.
Study seeks stories of denizens’ plight during disasters
28 April 2025 9:05 PM ISTThe initiative is a part of ClimACT-Chennai, under which the NGO is conducting a study titled ‘Disaster Response in Chennai: Learning from the Past,...
Collateral damage: Indian women and vulnerability to disasters
20 Oct 2023 11:00 AM ISTAs rising temperatures increase the frequency of natural catastrophes in India, policymakers must consider how gender inequalities amplify their...
Extreme weather events linked to higher child marriage: Study
30 Aug 2023 4:00 PM ISTGlobally, one in five girls is married before the age of 18, and in lower- and middle-income countries that number rises to 40%
Death toll in landslides, floods in Nepal rises to 41
10 Aug 2023 7:53 PM ISTLikewise, people from six districts, including Sankhuwasabha, Taplejung, Panchthar, Dolakha, Makawanpur, and Mahottari, went missing in the disastrous...
6 dead, 3 missing as heavy rain lashes Japan
11 July 2023 7:30 PM ISTMeanwhile, a search was underway in Oita prefecture for a woman in her 50s who vanished on a riverside road in the city of Nakatsu, according to the...